GAOFEN 1-02, 43259
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 1-02, 43259 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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43259 intel report (Beta)
GAOFEN 1-02 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 7 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | DFH |
| Mission | Operational Civil Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | CAST-2000, AOCS |
| Mass | 805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 4 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 4.991 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 7 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 1-02
1 43259U 18031A 24361.15360744 .00002384 00000-0 34824-3 0 9993
2 43259 97.7987 62.3827 0004257 298.9258 61.1525 14.76615729363304Epoch: 2024-12-26T03:41Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T03:41:11.682Z)
| Latitude | -0.00006° |
| Longitude | -88.05305° |
| Altitude | 641.606 km |
| Speed | 7.538 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 04h 09m 31s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | -15.80441° |
| Longitude | 90.03461° |
| Altitude | 647.043 km |
| Speed | 7.533 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 18h 33m 38s |
| Apparent Declination | -37° 00' 27" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 10:25:51 |
| Azimuth | 105.706° ESE |
| Elevation | -45.259° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 640.054 km |
| Perigee altitude | 634.082 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,015.205 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0004257 |
| Inclination | 97.7987° |
| RAAN | 62.3827° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 298.9258° |
| True anomaly | 61.19524° |
| Mean anomaly | 61.1525° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 61.17387° |
| Mean motion | 3.69388 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00034824 |
| Orbital period | 97.46 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 2018 (2018-03-31 UTC)
| GAOFEN 1-02, 43259 |
| GAOFEN 1-03, 43260 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43261 |
| GAOFEN 1-04, 43262 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43263 |
| CZ-4C R/B, 43264 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43265 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43266 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43270 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 44616 |
GAOFEN 1-02 Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 8 mins | 2024-12-26 17:15:33.739Z | 10.238° NNE | 2024-12-26 17:19:33.739Z | 298.871° NW | 44.693° | 2024-12-26 17:23:33.739Z | 197.124° SSW |
| 7 mins | 2024-12-27 04:12:33.739Z | 159.089° S | 2024-12-27 04:15:33.739Z | 117.004° SE | 43.358° | 2024-12-27 04:19:33.739Z | 351.98° N |
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